DET⇄ATL

DETDET Dave Dombrowski net +$4.8M net +0.4

received +$2.4M+$2.4M ± $23M expected surplus · +$0.0M realized received 1.3 ± 3 expected · 0.0 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved DET's 2012 odds 67% → 69% (+1.8 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Greg RossP·22y·R/R

+$2.3M+$2.3M± $23M exp surplusrealized +$0.0M 1.3± 3 exp WARrealized 0.0

Prior

#566 overall draft pick — at the league baseline → 0.21/yr

Evidence

no MLB track record — leans on pedigree

Talent

0.21/yr blended

Horizon

6.0 control yrs

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ATLATL Frank Wren net −$4.8M net -0.4

received +$0.8M+$0.8M ± $8M expected surplus · −$4.8M realized received 0.4 ± 1 expected · -0.4 realized WAR

Playoff odds: this deal moved ATL's 2012 odds 36% → 34% (-1.9 pts) — how trade timing is graded ↗

receives — most valuable first

Jeff Baker1B/2B·31y·R/R

+$0.7M+$0.7M± $8M exp surplusrealized −$4.8M 0.4± 1 exp WARrealized -0.4

Prior

league baseline (track record outweighs draft pedigree) → 0.21/yr

Evidence

recent form 0.6/yr over 1.4 season

Talent

0.44/yr blended

Horizon

1.0 control yr

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Each player is valued on what he was expected to produce at the time of the trade, versus what he actually produced for his new team.

Expected WAR blends a player's pedigree (composite top-100 rank / draft slot, or a baseline) with his recent track record, projected over the years of team control acquired. The ± figure is a historically calibrated predictive standard deviation, measuring how widely comparable forecasts have missed around their expected value. Surplus values that production at the FA market price of a win (~$8M/WAR) minus salary — so cost-controlled players carry large surplus and expensive ones little, even at the same WAR. Who won is descriptive, not a skill claim: ~99% of a trade's outcome is unforeseeable at the time.